Moving From Core Groups to Risk Spaces

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 30, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 825-826

  Fichtenberg, Caroline M ^a   Ellen, Jonathan M ^b,c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; MALE; NOTE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES;

EID: 0242410633     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.OLQ.0000097141.29899.7F     Document Type: Editorial

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